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VistaJet, the world’s fastest growing private aviation company with the largest wholly-owned commercial fleet outside the Americas, announces a number of major appointments to its Board and senior executive management team.
Philippe Bruggisser has been appointed Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 August 2009.
Did BC leave voluntarily or was he asked to leave? When business is doing so well, why does a company need a new CEO?
"Bruggisser, his wife and son have moved to France, allegedly because of death threats.(2001)"
It's now known in the industry as the "Swissair Syndrome" -It implies a peculiar combination of splendid exterior and unhealthy interior (courtesy of Sevanco Business Solutions). It sounds like he is exactly the right guy to get Vista cleaned up. Nice work. Next year, maybe there will be the "Vista Jet Syndrome".
Firstly Mr. Bruggisser will wildly start to buy all loss-making companies as one need to grow to be profitable. Then all services will either be outsourced or become independent profitcenters. In the end you as a Captain will have to sign the bill for e.g. "delivered cabin crew services" which is run under the "product" Department and which is highly profitable because you did not read the bill you signed. The company will end up bankrupt, without any tangible assets left(all aircraft are leased,sold and re-leased) and the profitable departments will be sold at high price so as the Management and Board can walk away with a nice profit..
History repeats itself...beware !!
Last edited by pullup hard : 19th June 2009 at 15:22.
Vista is going about it all wrong anyway. VJ needs to start from the bottom and work their way up. Get some experienced dispatchers (who can read NOTAM's) and a good flight planning system. This would make the flights safer and more efficient and save a lot of money.
Not just one - but a whole "new board" according to TF
VistaJet New Board and Senior Management Team
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am delighted to tell you that we have made three major appointments to VistaJet’s Board and senior management team including those of Philippe Bruggisser as Chief Executive Officer and Scott Plumb as Chief Commercial Officer. John Boo, a veteran investment banker, is also joining us as a non-executive Director.
Philippe Bruggisser has over thirty years of aviation industry experience and was formerly COO of Swissair and latterly President of the airline’s holding company, SAir Group, whilst Scott Plumb has over twenty years of aerospace sales and marketing experience gained at Gulfstream Aerospace, Airbus Industrie and British Aerospace.
With the world’s largest owned commercial charter fleet outside of the Americas, these appointments will help us to both capitalise on our leading position in the industry and to ensure maximum success from the implementation of the next phase of our growth strategy – a phase of growth that we hope will make VistaJet an even more viable transportation solution for you in the future.
We are revolutionising our industry. VistaJet’s priority is to help you find the right solution for your flying profile. The solution for you could be a Program, On-Demand or a combination. VistaJet consistently provides a higher standard of luxury and value, with guaranteed availability.
We would be delighted to meet you personally and tell you more about how VistaJet could be the perfect flight solution partner for you. Please do not hesitate to contact me: I can be reached on chairman@vistajet.com.
Yours sincerely,
Thomas Flohr
__________________________________________________ __________________________________VistaJet Luftfahrtunternehmen GmbH
A VistaJet Group Company∙ Sterneckstraße 35
A-5020 Salzburg, Austria
When he says "We are revolutionising our industry", can someone from inside Vista tell me what exactly does he mean?
Looks to me that he's doing much the same as everyone else, except he owns the planes, which means he can't make money; is that the revolution?
Why does every tosspot salesperson/marketing w@nker have to use the word 'solutions'? It just shows a lack of imagination which is a bloody good reason not to do business with the sheep if you ask me.
Fair point but was there ever a pilot that didn't feel that he/she could do a better job of running the airline than the current management. They just know they can don't they. For example, this recession would nonchalantly be brushed aside with their ingenious plans and ideas.
OH GOOD, DJ101 has joined the discussion to preach to us about the moral and ethics in General Aviation and how successful VJ is in these trying times. How hard everybody is working at VJ, bringing their buckets and shoveling the water out of the ship everyday. It's a desperate move and it's being sold as the second coming. The guy killed Swissair! Is it true that Vista is one by one leasing their aircraft to "Gov't Officials" in Africa? Who in their right mind would do something that desperate?
P.S. - And by the way, I am not sending you any PM's.
It works the other way around, not! Next time I see the Captain at the point of stalling on the approach, i'll scream 'Pull Up, Pull Up!!' and see if he finds that helpful constructive advice.
Ah yes but there is a big difference:
Why is it that the collective knowledge of the industry by all those pilots who have flown for many companies over many years is ALWAYS totally ignored by management?
Anyone in this business for a couple of decades has seen the mistakes made in the boardroom, and continues to see the same ones again and again.
Management and crew are on the same side. A good manager uses ALL available resources at his/her disposal. To ignore or discount a collective knowledge base of perhaps hundreds of years is all to common and wholly iresponsible. Egos at work again.
But if they are doing so well why are they offering contracts that, even in the current business climate and even for being Austrian, are nothing less than an insult?
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